Sindhu, Srikanth qualify for Superseries Finals in Dubai
DUBAI: Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu are the only two Indians who qualified for the Superseries Finals in Dubai, the year-end finale for the eight top-ranked players and pairs. Srikanth has won four Superseries events in 2017 and qualified in second place. Sindhu, who won two Superseries, was fourth.
INDIA WIN 3 GOLD
DHAKA: Indian archers grabbed three gold, four silver and two bronze at the Asian Championships on Thursday. Two boys and girls also booked quota places for the 2018 Youth Olympics.
SIXMEETRECORDS
NEWDELHI: Six meet records were set on the final day of the 63rd National School Games Swimming & Diving championships on Wednesday.
ATWALFIRES RECORD62
MAURITIUS: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal fired a superb nine- underpar 62 without playing a practice round, to lead by four shots on the first day at the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open here on Thursday.
KHANNATOCONTEST
NEWDELHI: Top tennis official Anil Khanna’s candidature for the post of Indian Olympics Association (IOA) president in the December polls was cleared by the returning officer, a development which left three contestants in the fray.
International Hockey Federation (IHF) president Narinder Batra and Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) chief Birendra Pr as ad Ba is hy a are the other two whose nominations were cleared on Thursday. Khanna had seconded Batra’s nomination for the post of president but decided to throw his hat in the ring at the last minute.